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No. 591,674. Patented Oct. 12,1897. I

WITNESSES: j, 1%NTOH UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK S. MILEY, OF FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES H. SANDERS, OF SAME PLACE.

CURTAIN-POOLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,674, dated October 12, 1897.

Application fil d June 12,1897. Serial No. 640,546. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK S. MILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Forrest City, in the county of St. Francis and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Poles, of which the following is a specification.

For hanging curtains, lambrequins, portieres, and for holding towels, &c., I have produced an improved construction of divided pole whereby the curtain is clamped between the two parts by means of a conical cap or device applied to the conical ends of the pole and having a clamping function to draw the sections of the pole together and secure them upon the curtain, the clamping force being efiected by driving the conical caps upon the conical ends of the pole, .and thereby firmly hold thecurtain without fastenings.

The accompanying drawings illustrate this construction, wherein- Figure 1 shows in side View the pole-sections clamped upon the curtain by the conical caps. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the pole, taken through the mortised nut. Fig. 4 shows the divided pole having conical ends. Fig. 5 shows one of the conical clamping-caps, and

. Fig. 6 shows one of the pole-sections with its mortised nuts.

The pole may have any desired form in cross-section and is centrally divided longitudinally into two clamping parts 1 1, their adjacent faces being preferably flat,but which may be of any desired form for biting and holding the curtain between them. The ends 2 of each section are made conical, so that when the sections are joined upon the curtain the ends of the pole will form symmetrical cones. Upon the conical ends are driven corresponding caps 3, the function of which is to draw and hold the pole-sections together. The means for effecting the clamping action of the, caps may be any suitable provision that will cause the caps when rotated to be screwed like a nut upon the conical ends of the pole, and for this purpose the caps are made hollow and of a form symmetrical with the ends of the pole. A simple form of nut-like clamp- 1ng action is effected by means of a nut 4,

countersunkin the clamping-faces of the sections near each end and intersecting a bore 5, longitudinally and centrally made in the end of each section, and for engaging the said nuts the conical caps are each provided with a screw-stem 6, fixed at the apex of the cap and projecting therefrom within the cap longitudinally centrally therewith, whereby the screw-stern will enter the bore in the pole-sections and engage the nut in driving the cap upon the pole and thereby clamp and securely bind the meeting faces of its sections upon the curtain. In this clamping action the conical caps cannot fail to draw the pole-sections equally together at both ends and binding the curtain along the length of the pole. It will be understood that the nuts are mortised and fixed in one section of the pole, while the other pole-section has corresponding mortises to receive the nuts when the pole sections are placed together with the curtain between them. The nuts and the mortises in the pole parts, therefore, form gages that facilitate the joining of the pole-sections. It is obvious that the conical ends of the pole and the inner walls of the conical caps may beprovided with screw-threads whereby to effect their engagement to clamp the pole parts together by turning the caps upon the pole, and that means other than screws may be provided on the conical ends of the pole and in the conical caps for giving the pole-sections a clamping action upon each other by turning the caps thereon.

The pole-sections can be made of any suitable material, and the caps are preferably made of sheet metal and provided with any suitable ornament attached to the apex of the cone. This provision of ornaments for the pole forms handles, by which the clampingcones are driven in their clamping function upon the pole. In its use the pole is supported upon brackets in any suitable manner.

I claim as my invention 1. A longitudinally-divided pole for hanging curtains, having conical ends, in combination with conical caps symmetrical with the pole-cones, and means for engaging and for securing by a drawing action the conical caps upon the conical pole ends whereby to clamp and bind the curtain between the polesections.

2. A longitudinally-divided pole for hanging curtains, having conical ends, a longitudinally-central bore at each end and a nut fixed to one of the pole-sections, intersecting each bore, in combination with conical hollow caps, each having a central screw-stem adapted to engage the pole-nuts whereby the caps are screwed upon the conical ends of the pole to clamp and bind the curtain between the pole-sections.

3. A longitudinally-divided curtain-pole having conical ends, in combination withconical caps provided with means for engaging the pole whereby the caps are drawn with a clamping action upon the conical pole ends.

4. A longitudinally-divided curtain-pole having conical ends, each end having a 10ngitudinally-central bore, one of said sections having a fixed nut intersecting each bore, in combination with conical caps having each a screw-stem adapted to engage said nuts, the otherpole-section having mortises in its meeting face to receive said nuts.

F. S. MILEY.

W'itnesses:

T. O. MERWIN, S. H. MANN. 

